Memory leak in Adobe Digital Editions - CVE-2017-2980
Published: February 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5819
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2980
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Adobe Digital Editions when processing malformed files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and trigger memory leak.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Adobe Digital Editions
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2980
Update to version 4.5.4.